Showing posts with label websites. Show all posts
Showing posts with label websites. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

I Built My Own Website Using HTML

I decided it was time to buy the web address with my name on it. (For example: www.SuzySmith.com)  But when you BUY a URL, you still have to BUILD the page. And pages don't magically come with nice layouts like blogging sites provide for you. Husband was trying to convince me that I should buy a Cargo layout that we use for our company website. $100 a year for a generic layout? No way, Jose. I thought to myself, I can build my own website! Don't they teach kids in elementary school to build webpages? If a 9 year old can do it, so can I! 

SPOILER:  it looks like a 9 year old built it.

I found "Beginner html Lessons" and started learning simple stuff like all webpages begin and end with <html> and </html>. I am using a program called text edit, so you type in the code, save it as an html, and then open it as a webpage when you are done. This means you can spend a ton of time typing stuff out and have no idea if it's going to work until you're done. I learned this the hard way.

Webpage #1:

 To be honest I don't even know why it was blank.  I started over.
Webpage #2:

 Page 2 at least has some words, and a header! Hooray for content! Suddenly I am realizing you have to have something to say on a website. WHAT AM I GOING TO WRITE ON MY SITE? It's a work in progress. Maybe I'll just post a bunch puppy videos. 

Webpage #3:

I was really proud of figuring out how to make different background and font colors until I realized this looks like my 4th grade notebook color scheme. 

Webpage #4:

The colors are improving, but I also found out how to create a line! Only it's stuck at the top of the page...

Webpage #5:

Success! I moved the bar down under my name. And I'm realizing indenting everything wasn't as cool as I thought it would be. I'm starting to wonder if this page is going to be something I actually want my name attached to. 

 Webpage #6:
After hours of tedious work I produced page #6 and it has a VIDEO. Hello accomplishment. This page was decent enough for me to admit victory. I also spaced out this first sentence, impressed? OK the design is a disaster, but it's a site with a video and embedded links that work. So I would say its better then 2% of the websites out there.